First Man–Not Over the Moon
First Man is a movie biopic about the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, in the years 1961 to 1969 . We are introduced to Neil Armstrong (Ryan Gosling) and his days before being selected for the dangerous mission of first “Man on the Moon.”
Armstrong is involved in a series of errors while flying experimental missions, in training for the NASA moon landing. While he is undergoing the rigors of flight simulation, his two-and-a half-year-old daughter is undergoing treatment for a brain tumor. Despite the couple’s best efforts, the child dies, leaving the parents and their...